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Her Majesty and the Princes passing through the Crystal Palace

Print
1851 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Ackermann & Co. (printer and publisher)
Sharles, H. (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (printed and published)

This lithograph shows Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The venue was the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. Prince Albert had helped to set up the Great Exhibition. He appointed the Royal Commission to decide on the content, the building and its site. Queen Victoria opened the exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace on 1 May 1851.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Great Exhibition
Object type
Print
TitleHer Majesty and the Princes passing through the Crystal Palace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Print, showing Queen Victoria passing through the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1851
Physical description
print, showing the Royal Procession through the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
Dimensions
  • Image height: 258mm
  • Image width: 356mm
  • Plate height: 316mm
  • Plate width: 441mm
  • Sheet height: 376mm
  • Sheet width: 540mm
Subjects depicted
Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India)
Albert (Prince Consort, Consort of Queen Victoria)
Great Exhibition
Places depicted
Crystal Palace
Hyde Park
London
Summary
This lithograph shows Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The venue was the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. Prince Albert had helped to set up the Great Exhibition. He appointed the Royal Commission to decide on the content, the building and its site. Queen Victoria opened the exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace on 1 May 1851.
Bibliographic reference
Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
19656

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Record createdNovember 11, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85509/her-majesty-and-the-princes-print-sharles-h/
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